Getting a new symbol

[Piotr]

@RussK2txb

How to get?

I have started using KiCad from creating my own symbol and footprint libraries and I use only them.
Creating own symbols and footprints can’t be more complicated than designing PCB itself.
I didn’t read following FAQs, but I suppose they can be helpful:

KiCad 7 & 8 & 9 Beginners Guide to Personal Symbol and Footprint Libraries

KiCAD is supplied with extensive Symbol and Footprint (and 3D, not addressed here) libraries. These are fine for simple, initial use, but inflexible due to their being “read-only”. KiCAD also, on installation, creates the default libraries and their paths in the “system/program” area of your system, This means those Kicad default libraries will be overwritten whenever an update or re-installation is made. Because of the above limitations, Personal Libraries are required to store, save and us…

KiCad 7 & 8 Tips 'n Tricks when making Personal Symbol Libraries

This FAQ relates to: Kicad 7 & 8 Beginners Guide to Personal Symbol and Footprint Libraries Please use that as the main reference Getting Started Creating your first own KiCAD libraries is simple: The key is: “Use and modify what’s already there”… meaning the standard libraries. There are two basic ways of going about this: 1: Copy a standard library to your own library and hide/delete symbols you don’t need. 2: Create an empty library, and copy selected symbols from the standard librari…